The MadTech Podcast
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MadTech Daily: Meta Eyes $240bn Ad Haul in 2026; Alibaba AI Revenue Hits 11th Quarter of Triple-Digit Growth
May 14, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: TikTok Launches Ad-Free Tier in UK; Byron Allen Buys BuzzFeed; California County Sues Meta Over Scam Ads
May 13, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: Alibaba Pushes ‘Chat-to-Buy’ With Qwen AI; Amazon Data Coming to Netflix Inventory Next Week; Instagram Eyes Long-Form CTV Push
May 12, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: ChatGPT Ads Expand to New Markets Including UK; Meta Sues Ofcom Over Safety Act Fines; Apple Pays $250m Over Siri AI Claims
May 11, 20262 min
ExchangeWire on Big Tech's Ad Revenue, News Habits, and Agentic Media Buying
May 8, 202631 min
MadTech Daily: Meta Prepares AI Agents to Perform Tasks for Users; EU to Ease AI Restrictions; Meta Asks Judge to Throw Out Social Media Addiction Verdict
May 8, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: ChatGPT Ads Manager Opens to All US Advertisers; Amazon Targets Supply Chain; Publishers Sue Meta Over AI Copyright
May 7, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: US Rethinks AI Safety Stance; Omnicom Data Chief Steps Down; Image AI Models Outpace Chatbots in App Growth
May 6, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: OpenAI Lays Groundwork For ChatGPT Ads in EU; Blackstone, H&F, Goldman Back AI venture; Musk Settles Twitter Lawsuit Paying $1.5m
May 5, 20262 min
ExchangeWire on Index Cloud, Meta CTV Advertising, and Synthetic Audiences
May 1, 202636 min
MadTech Daily: Meta Found in Breach of EU Law Over Child Safety; Meta Opens Ad Ecosystem to Third-Party AI
May 1, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: Omnicom Tests AI Agent Media Buying; Australia Forces Big Tech to Pay for News
Apr 30, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: Pinterest Launches CTV Audiences; Google Signs Pentagon Deal; Anthropic Builds AI Agent Marketplace
Apr 29, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: Meta Eyes CTV for Ad Growth; News UK Builds Synthetic Audience Tool for Advertisers; Musk & Altman Clash Over OpenAI in Court
Apr 28, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: ChatGPT Shows Ads to Logged-Out Users; Norway and Turkey Progress with Plans for Social Media Bans; Meta Launches Instants App
Apr 27, 20261 min
ExchangeWire's Ad Tech Quiz: ChatGPT Ads, Marketing Spend, and Social Media Use
Apr 24, 202633 min
MadTech Daily: Warner Bros Discovery Shareholders Approve Paramount Skydance Merger; WPP's Latest Restructuring
Apr 24, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: DSP Bedrock Platform Pilots Index Exchange's Index Cloud; Meta Sued Over Scam Ads; Radiocentre Urges MPs to Reject BBC Ads
Apr 23, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: California Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Price Fixing; Singapore Proposes Global Standard for Gen AI Testing; Apple Names Ternus CEO Successor
Apr 22, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: Meta to Cut 8,000 Jobs; White House & Anthropic Hold “Productive” AI Talks; ByteDance Profit Hit by AI Costs
Apr 21, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: Price Drops for ChatGPT Ads; Google in Talks with Pentagon; Publishing Giants Plan Cuts
Apr 20, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: OpenAI Builds Tool to Track ChatGPT Ad Conversions; UK MPs Vote Down Under-16 Social Media Ban Again
Apr 17, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: Netflix Refocuses on Ads and Content After Warner Bid; IAB Sets AI Commerce Media Guidelines; WPP in Talks to Sell Burson
Apr 16, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: Meta to Overtake Google in Ad Revenue; Publicis Marks 20th Growth Quarter; Freely Launches FAST ‘Spotlight Channels’
Apr 15, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: Ad Companies in Boycott Settlement Talks with FTC; Court Orders Meta to Face Youth Addiction Suit; YouTube to Raise Premium Prices
Apr 14, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: OpenAI Lowers Minimum Spend for Ads Pilot; Meta Pulls Ads for Addiction Lawsuits; YouTube Tests 90-Second Unskippable Ads Amid CTV Push
Apr 13, 20261 min
ExchangeWire on OpenAI Acquiring TBPN, Agentic AI in Publishing, and Netflix Price Hikes
Apr 10, 202640 min
MadTech Daily: Tubi Pioneers ChatGPT Native App Launch; Microsoft and Publicis Deepen Agentic AI Partnership
Apr 10, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: The Trade Desk CMO and Execs Exit in Shake-Up; BBC Studios Launches Airline Streaming; Tesco Media Introduces Premium Video Ads
Apr 9, 20261 min
Happydemics' Baptiste Graffin on Brand Building, Brand Lift, and Performance
Apr 8, 202655 min
MadTech Daily: Publicis Acquires 160/90 to Expand Sports Marketing; Universal Music Gets €55bn Takeover Bid; Netflix Launches Kids Gaming App
Apr 8, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: OpenAI Buys TBPN; CNN Builds Agentic Infrastructure; SpaceX To Mandate Grok in IPO?
Apr 7, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: UK Social Media Use Falls as Video Apps Rise; Australia Ad Spend Falls 3% YTD as Nine Olympics Boosts Streaming 22.5%
Apr 3, 20262 min
MadTech Mailbag: ExchangeWire on Targeting, LLM Visibility, and Agentic Buying
Apr 3, 202651 min
MadTech Daily: OpenAI's $122bn Funding Round; Anthropic to Sign Australia AI Safety Deal; Musk to Face Class Action Over Twitter Stake Disclosure Delay
Apr 2, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: Meta, TikTok, and Google Under Investigation for Failure to Comply with Australia’s Social Media Ban; California Defies Trump on AI Demands
Apr 1, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: Claude Doubles Paid Users; Changes to Ad Production Could Cut Emissions by a Third; WBD Sets Date for Paramount–Skydance Vote
Mar 31, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: OpenAI Extends Ad Pilot Beyond April; X Ad Boycott Lawsuit Dismissed by US Judge; Disney+ Seals RTVE Fast-Stream Deal
Mar 30, 20262 min
dentsu's Zac Selby on Measurement Standards, Google's AI Landing Pages, and Apple Maps Ads
Mar 27, 202641 min
MadTech Daily: Jury Finds Meta & YouTube Liable for Harming Young Users; Judge Dismisses Publishers’ Google Monopoly Claim
Mar 27, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: TikTok Ads to Get More Disruptive; OpenAI Shuts Down Sora; Anthropic Faces the Pentagon in Court
Mar 26, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: OpenAI Hires Former Meta Ads Leader; Apple Plans Ads in Maps; X Considers $200k Incentive for Advertisers
Mar 25, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: ChatGPT’s Slow Ad Rollout Frustrates Partners; Musk Liable in Twitter Fraud Case
Mar 24, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: Meta Reduces Reliance on Third-Party Vendors for Content Moderation in Favour of AI; Walmart Secures Patents for Algorithmic Pricing
Mar 23, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: UK Gov U-Turns on AI Copyright; IAB Australia Launches Measurement Initiative
Mar 20, 20261 min
On Activating First Party Data With AUDIENCES' Rob McLaughlin & easyJet's Sandy Ghuman
Mar 20, 202647 min
MadTech Daily: Publicis Advises Clients to Avoid The Trade Desk; Meta Misses Illegal Financial Ads; Alibaba Forms New AI Business Group
Mar 19, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: Whistleblowers Say Meta & TikTok Amplify Harmful Content for Engagement; Amazon Rolls Out 1-Hour Delivery
Mar 18, 20261 min
MadTech Daily: OpenAI Tests Ads Manager and Prepares Agentic Storefronts Feature; Meta Plans Layoffs while Publishers Back its Expulsion from IAB Sweden
Mar 17, 20262 min
MadTech Daily: Ads Could be Coming to Gemini; Publicis Acquires AdgeAI; Social Media Addiction Jury Trial Concludes
Mar 16, 20261 min